Talks on Selenium

Selenium Community Live - Episode 8

Wed, 30 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Episode 8 of Selenium Community Live with Dorothy Graham took place on July 30th, 2025. During this remarkable session, Graham a legend with 50+ years in software testing, shared incredible insights from her journey through the evolution of test automation. Her perspective reveals timeless truths that modern teams often overlook.

Meet the Speakers:

Dorothy Graham

Let’s dive into session notes.

From Mainframes to Smartphones: The Incredible Journey

Graham’s automation story began in 1970 at Bell Labs, working on a UNIVAC 1108 mainframe that cost $1.6 million (equivalent to $15 million today). The specifications, 1.3 megahertz, half a megabyte of RAM, and 100 megabytes of storage. Her iPhone today has 12,000 times more storage and costs 20,000 times less. Back then, you would write code on paper, punch it onto cards, and get maybe one turnaround per day. A single typo meant starting over tomorrow. This dramatic shift in just 50 years raises the question: what will the next 50 years bring?

Selenium Community Live - Episode 7

Tue, 01 Jul 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The Selenium Community Live seventh episode happened on June 19th, 2025 with Christian Bromann, creator of WebDriver.IO. He shared his vision on how AI agents and agentic workflows are reshaping the testing industry. As a project council member at the OpenJS Foundation, Christian brought valuable insights into the current state and future potential of AI in automation testing.

You can watch the episode on YouTube here- Episode 7 on YouTube

Selenium Community Live - Episode 6

Wed, 21 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The sixth episode of Selenium Community Live happened on May 21st, 2025, with Luke Hill who is a Lead QA Engineer at Dexters with extensive automation expertise across FinTech, E-Commerce, and Education sectors. A passionate open-source contributor, Luke owns site_prism (a Page Object Gem extending Capybara), serves on the Cucumber technical committee, and is a maintainer of Selenium. Known for his meticulous testing approach and ability to identify challenging edge cases, Luke consistently helps teams deliver more reliable code. His technical expertise in both frontend and backend testing makes him a valuable voice in the QA community.

Selenium Community Live - Episode 5

Mon, 05 May 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The fifth episode of Selenium Community Live happened on April 25th 2025.

The event featured speakers Ashley Hunsberger , Director at NBCUniversal with close to 25 years of industry experience and a long-time friend of the Selenium, alongside Puja Jagani, Open Source Engineer & Developer Advocate at BrowserStack and member of the Selenium leadership(TLC and PLC). The event was hosted by Pallavi Sharma, Founder 5 Elements Learning and a long-time Selenium Committer.

Selenium Community Live - Episode 4

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The fourth episode of Selenium Community Live happened on March 19th, 2025, with Michael Mintz, who is the creator of SeleniumBase. SeleniumBase is an all in one Browser Automation Framework, built over Selenium WebDriver Python bindings. The framework is well known and used in the WebDriver Ecosystem community for testing, web scraping, web crawling and stealth purposes.

You can watch the episode on YouTube here- Episode 4 on YouTube

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Selenium Community Live - Episode 2

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 00:00:00 +0000

The second episode of Selenium Community Live happened on Jan 21st, 2025, with David Burns, Selenium Project Leadership Member, Chair W3C Browser Testing and Tools Workgroup, and Head Open source and Developer Advocacy at BrowserStack. The topic of the event was Browsers, Browser Engines and why they are not the same.

You can watch the episode here- Selenium Community Live - Episode 2

Meet the Speakers:

David Burns

Browser Engines vs Real Browsers: Why They’re Not Equal

The Selenium community recently hosted an enlightening session with David Burns, who, shared crucial insights about browser testing that every automation engineer should understand.

Selenium Community Live - Episode 1

Wed, 25 Dec 2024 00:00:00 +0000

At the eve of celebration of 20 years of Selenium, the current Project Leadership Committee of Selenium decided on starting Selenium Community Live event, an idea helmed by Maaret Pyhäjärvi . The first episode happened on Dec 18th, 2024: Selenium Community Live - Episode 1

Meet the Speakers:

Jim Evans
Manoj Kumar

Selenium Community Live - Episode 1

The Selenium project recently celebrated a significant milestone - 20 years of browser automation. To mark this occasion, we hosted our first-ever Selenium Community Live event, featuring an in-depth conversation between Jim Evans, Principal Technical Advisor, Sales Force, one of Selenium’s longest-standing Committer, and TLC Committee member and Manoj Kumar, Practice Leader at Cognizant, Committer to Selenium Project and PLC Committee member.

Celebrating 20 Years of Selenium: A Journey of Innovation in Browser Automation

Mon, 28 Oct 2024 00:00:00 +0000

This year marks a monumental milestone—20 remarkable years of Selenium, the tool that revolutionized browser automation! We’re thrilled to invite you to a special event to commemorate this incredible journey: Celebrating 20 Years of Selenium

Two Decades of Selenium: Revolutionizing Open Source Browser Automation and Testing Over the past two decades, Selenium has reshaped the automation landscape, evolving from a simple tool into the backbone of browser automation across the globe. What began as a modest open-source project has grown into the most trusted tool for web automation, embraced by developers, testers, and businesses alike. As we celebrate Selenium’s 20th birthday on October 28th, we invite you to join a special webinar that honors the tool itself and the incredible community that has powered its success. Governed by the Software Freedom Conservancy, Selenium’s legacy is built on open-source collaboration and the passion of its contributors. The webinar begins at 11:30 AM GMT on October 28th, 2024, and will be packed with two hours of insightful talks from the Selenium Leadership Team. We’ll explore the project’s current advancements, the cutting-edge work in the WebDriver BiDi space, and what lies ahead for the next decade of Selenium. Here’s what you can expect: